Global Ceramic Materials Limited
Registered name: GLOBAL CERAMIC MATERIALS LIMITED
Global Ceramic Materials Limited made £33.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Global Ceramic Materials Limited reported £33.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, down 89% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 40 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other ceramic products” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The immediate parent company of Global Ceramic Materials Limited is Sonac Vuren BV, a company”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.2m | £7.5m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £5.2m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £2.3m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £700k | −£307k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £751k | −£134k | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £539k | −£9.1k | £306k | £33.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £539k | −£9.1k | £306k | £33.9k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.5m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 41 | 40 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | −0.1% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | 30.7% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £219k | £183k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £12.8k | −£221 | £7.7k | £847 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.5% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼101.7% | — | ▼88.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▼2.4% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £6.7m | £6.5m | £6.6m | £6.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £6m | £5.2m | £5.6m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £1m | £742k | £683k | £439k |
| Deferred income | £179k | £184k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £847
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲1%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £2.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £33.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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